Posted on 09/19/2008 6:48:21 AM PDT by foutsc
For the past 30 years I've been a Black guy in America. When a person is born black, male, to a single mother, living in Harlem, at the lower end of the tax bracket, in 1978, well society didn't have very high expectations. Nonethless there I am floating in a pool at the condo that I own in Boulder, CO. Not to say that I am some pinnacle of success and prosperity, I asure you that is not the case, but if a stock beat market expectations by such a large margin, and still only cost $10 a share, well that firm would probably have an easy time raising capital. How did I beat the odds?
See his website for the rest of his story... http://therouttreport.typepad.com/latestandgreatest/2008/07/46-vs-82.html?cid=131349738#comments
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I have often wondered what would happen if everyone in the country claimed to be in a protected class of some sort....regardless of whether they were or not. After all, the laws written to protect homosexuals include language that allow anyone to claim “sexual minority” status - and who can prove/disprove that? And, those in the homosexual lobby claim marriage and gender are all societal constructs anyway.
Besides, what if I “percieve” that I am a Latina? Couldn’t it be argued that race is just a societal construct also?
I would love to ask Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, et al...if they got where they are through their own initiative or if they had “help” through affirmative action?
If their reply is they did it themselves, I’d ask if they think they are “better” than other blacks and the “other” blacks need affirmative action...
“Affirmative action is racist and implies that minorities can’t meet the same standards as whites.”
That’s always been my problem with it as well. Actually, the concept of affirmative action should be to make an Equal playing field for all regardless of race. It has turned into a quota system.
” It paints all minorities with the same brush - no matter how talented or bright they are, there is the underlying suspicion that they got where they were because of a quota system. “
Exactly, and that’s just offensive to all who have made it on their own talents, merits and hard work.
Any black doctor, airline pilot, etc. who proudly (and loudly) claim that they got where they are through affirmative action, should post in their office or place of work a plaque stating such. The plaque should be placed prominently for everyone to see how great affirmative action is.
I bet most wouldn't do it, and the reasons are obvious.
One of the reasons given was that 47% of New Orleans residents cannot read or read so poorly that they need help with every government document.
Aren't public schools available to the NO residents just like they are for me?
You are the type of subversive thinker that is a real threat to the pseudo-intellectual left. I love it!
Wow this guy is great....bet he never sees an invitation to Oprah for an interview.
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“at the lower end of the tax bracket”
Joe Biden questions his patriotism.
I'm sure your question is rhetorical, but I'll answer it anyway. Yes, public schools are available to everyone in this country. The problem is cultural attitudes against learning. I attended racially mixed public schools after desegregation in the 1960's and saw the problem firsthand. Many of the "minorities", especially the males, sat on the back row, hunched over with their heads laying face down on their folded arms. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. It's not cool to act "white", you know.
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